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NAS North Island and Davis-Monthan AFB

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Jonesy
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NAS North Island and Davis-Monthan AFB

Post by Jonesy » Tue Mar 11, 2025 8:59 pm

At the end of Jan I had a business trip to SoCal where I had a free afternoon so I headed to NAS North Island in the hope of catching both versions of the US Navy CODs - the C-2 Greyhound and the CMV-22B Osprey. Although it was a bit of a quiet afternoon, I did get both plus a few other visitors. It's a great location though just sitting on the beach soaking up the sun. I then travelled to Davis-Monthan AFB and caught the new EA-37 Compass Call. I prefer the old EC-130!!

Thanks,
Neil.

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Re: NAS North Island and Davis-Monthan AFB

Post by Supra » Tue Mar 11, 2025 11:32 pm

Great set of shots. Very lucky to get such a super variety. Can't barely remember what an aircraft looks like in a blue sky!

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Re: NAS North Island and Davis-Monthan AFB

Post by TonyO » Wed Mar 12, 2025 3:53 am

Cracking stuff, liking the CMV-22s, looking forward to more snaps from DM, if you know what I mean.
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Re: NAS North Island and Davis-Monthan AFB

Post by Mustang531 » Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:23 am

Thanks for sharing these with us, great shots and plenty of variety too.

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Re: NAS North Island and Davis-Monthan AFB

Post by DanBeeden » Wed Mar 12, 2025 7:18 am

Twin Otter is interesting. No markings at all as far as I can see, plus the finlets on the horizontal stabilisers (more commonly seen on float or ski-configured Twotters). Nice shots.

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Re: NAS North Island and Davis-Monthan AFB

Post by Jonesy » Wed Mar 12, 2025 4:26 pm

DanBeeden wrote:
Wed Mar 12, 2025 7:18 am
Twin Otter is interesting. No markings at all as far as I can see, plus the finlets on the horizontal stabilisers (more commonly seen on float or ski-configured Twotters). Nice shots.
Dan, I beleive the Twin Otters are used by the US Navy for pilot training.

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Re: NAS North Island and Davis-Monthan AFB

Post by matt e » Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:28 pm

nice set especially #1 and 4

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Re: NAS North Island and Davis-Monthan AFB

Post by Professor_M » Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:34 pm

Not bad for a business trip! Some great catches in there.

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Re: NAS North Island and Davis-Monthan AFB

Post by johnwickenden » Wed Mar 12, 2025 8:29 pm

those EC37s are wrong'uns if you ask me. They look all kinds of ugleeeee !
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